In most countries, believers in the Baha'i faith are looked upon as
model citizens. Their religion places great stress on industriousness,
peacefulness and obedience to the law. In Iran, however, Baha'is are not only
unwanted but actively persecuted. Since the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini
came to power in 1979, Iran's 300,000 Baha'is have suffered a reign of terror
in the land where their faith was born. In the latest of many protests, the
State Department's annual human rights report stated last week that believers
"suffer from imprisonment,...